(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Call: Being a trade unionist is not a crime (fr)

If the current, Gard and national social context more generally, is marked by the seal of 
a certain gloom with many businesses closing and unemployment figures for the least 
concern, the future is fraught with consequences ... ---- It is, in fact, predict a 
worsening of the social context in the coming months with new attacks on the rights of 
unemployed Artists-but our pensions. ---- The recent national agreement (ANI) on securing 
employment, finally, bears out this evil against his name as further accentuate more 
flexibility and uncertainty as to the rights of employee-es. ---- In the context of 
repeated attacks against our rights, dominates another reality: the repression against 
those who are organized in unions, defend the rights of their colleagues.

This criminalization is not neutral: it is to intimidate those who do not intend to let it 
go, those who intend to enter in resistance against social regression.

And examples, unfortunately, are not lacking.

This winter, several activists of the CGT-PSA-es were sentenced for actions against the 
closure of Peugeot Aulnay.

This winter, the Nanterre court confirmed heavy fines against 16 activists of SUD-PTT-are 
accused of violence against executives of La Poste in the occupation of a sorting center 
Tops Seine in May 2011.

On March 23, 2013, a militant of the CNT was sentenced to ? 40,000 of damage and interest 
in blocking the Metz station with 800 other people, including socialist activists today 
elected officials during the anti- CPE 2006!

In our department, the two most significant cases of trade union repression to have names: 
Jean Christophe Jolbert the CGT Haribo and Sebastien Migliore of the CGT Ales.

It is about their cases and to emphasize the solidarity that we have in a meeting Tuesday, 
May 7, created a collective unit against anti-union repression.

At this meeting, the suggestion was made to extend the work of the collective support to 
all victims of anti-union repression in the Gard.

And we would ask the foundation for a permanent space and unit solidarity is responsive, 
today and tomorrow, the various cases of repression against activists as part of their 
union activities.

For now the signatories below organizations are party to this Collective. We are confident 
that in the coming weeks other organizations will join us as it is true that class 
solidarity is indispensable given the arbitrary management and government.

Already, we will attend the invitation-es Sebastian Migliore and CGT Ales and participate 
at their own initiative on Saturday, May 25 at Cendras, which will be placed under the 
sign of union repression.

No to the criminalization of social movements! Unit against trade union repression!

First signatories of the unitary Call Gard "Being union is not a crime"

SOUTH solidarity, CNT, CGT UL Ales, FSU, NPA, The Alternative, Anarchist Federation, 
Libertarian Alternative (AL), Anti-Capitalist Left (GA), Federation for Social and 
Ecological Alternative (FASE) and the Unemployed Committee of the CGT Ales ATTAC.

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Published May 24, 2013 by CAL Gard